Incidents

US Coast Guard vessels intercept the Cuba-bound cargo ship Grace suspected of carrying smuggled fuel
Crime & Piracy

Cuba-bound ship carrying fuel seized by US Coast Guard as embargo bites

Reuters
Rescue boats comb the waters of the Kattegat just off the Swedish coast for any sign of a recreational vessel that had been struck by the Norwegian-flagged cargo ship Misje Verde on the night of July 28, 2026. Two of the recreational vessel's four occupants were later found dead.
Accidents

Cargo ship captain, pilot given suspended sentences over fatal collision off Sweden

Gareth Havelock
Malaysia, Thailand, Singapore, Myanmar map
Crime & Piracy

Navy ships carrying nearly 1,500 deported Myanmar nationals near Yangon

Reuters
AMSOL's rescue tug Umkhuseli (photo date unknown)
Accidents

Three dead, two missing after boat capsizes during rescue attempt off South Africa

Jens Karsten
The Russian "shadow fleet" tanker Smyrtos being boarded by UK forces
Crime & Piracy

UK imposes fresh sanctions targeting Russian ships and entities

Reuters
Persian Gulf / Strait of Hormuz
Incidents

Three tankers transiting Strait of Hormuz hit by projectiles

Reuters
Capsized wreck of Virgo Transport 8
Accidents

Indonesian police arrest captain over ferry disaster that killed at least 78

Reuters
New Mooring Container Terminal at the Port of Chittagong in Bangladesh
Accidents

Two separate vessel collisions occur on same day off Chittagong, Bangladesh

Jens Karsten
Hosanna during an earlier grounding in July 1979, approximately seven months before she disappeared
Maritime Archaeology

Dover Strait wreck identified as fishing vessel that disappeared in 1980

Jens Karsten
English Channel
Crime & Piracy

Six guilty of manslaughter over fatal English Channel illegal migrant crossing

Reuters
Small boat illegal migrants
Crime & Piracy

France unwilling to extend illegal migrant deal with Britain, talks underway

Reuters
Fincantieri's Ancona shipyard
Accidents

Welding accident at Fincantieri shipyard in Italy leaves one dead

Reuters
MSC Hermes III
Incidents

Vietnam evacuates injured sailor from abandoned MSC containership

Alan Bosworth
Filo Jet in 2024
Search and Rescue

Northern Cyprus ferry tragedy death toll now at 18 following recovery of additional body near Kyrenia

Gareth Havelock
Map of Somalia Pexels
Crime & Piracy

Five crew killed aboard hijacked tanker before Somali rescue operation

Reuters
The US Navy Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower
Accidents

Two aircrew eject after landing mishap aboard US Navy aircraft carrier off Virginia

Will Xavier
Rescuers attend to crewmember of stricken fishing vessel Triumph
Accidents

Four still missing as firefighters board burned Russian fishing vessel

Alan Bosworth
Gulf of Aden map ethiopia somalia somaliland djibouti yemen
Crime & Piracy

Somali forces free Palau-flagged oil tanker seized by pirates

Reuters
Mediterranean Sea
Crime & Piracy

Two dead, six missing after illegal migrant boat sinks off Tunisia

Reuters
Nuen
Incidents

Fire extinguished aboard fish farm workboat in Norway

Alan Bosworth
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